Etymology

metagenomic

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to metagenomics Full definition →

English genomic ← Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-) ← Proto-Indo-European *meth₂?
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meth₂?
  3. Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
  4. Ancient Greekμετᾰ- (metă-)
  5. Englishmeta-
  6. Englishgenome
  7. Englishgenomic
  8. English todaymetagenomic

From meta- + genomic.

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